St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-05

st. Paul, and blind pigs were found on
every hand. This year vigorous at
tempt will be made to keep them out.
Twelve or thirteen booths have been
sold for lunch counters and refreshment
stands. Quite an amount Ofurevenue.
will be gained from these, as the price
was 500 apiece. All the space we
could spare for tents has now
been disposed of, the picnic for
each tent privilege being 500. Space
has been procured for a panorama of
Sented. The big dining hall, with
seating capacity of over 600, has been
leased for 81, 900, the society furnishing
chairs and big range. The contract
calls for good meals at all hours, at a
cost of not more than so cents. The
bill of fare to be supplied has been APP
proved by the directors, and good
square meal can be depended on. There
will be no lunch counter run in connec-
ton with the hotel, owing to the fact
that meals can be had at any time there.
The sale of privileges has already
amounted to twice the amount received
last year, and about all the available
room is now taken.'
THE CORN DOCTOR.
Lots of funny people, with rather pc
culiar arguments for getting tent space
for nothing, daily make their appear
ance. There's the corn doctor, the sci
entific man who wants the society to
pay him or rather guarantee him GER
tain sum per day, as well as give him
free space, all to enlighten the people;
the fortune teller, who offered big
money to get in, but was refused, the
knife man, and last the medal men, who
want power and space for nothing; but
they all pay or keep away"
''There have been fewer applications
from fakirS this year than before for
some time, probably owing to the fact
that they knew pretty well that they
stood no chance of getting in. A firm
of pottery manufacturers from Red
Wing have secured space and will be
on hand as last year. making and giving
away all kinds Of little dishes and pot
terry ware.
Three carloads of machinery arrived
on Saturday, and there are already 200
horses, sixty head of cattle and drove
Manager Scott will begin the sale of
tickets at the Grand Opera house on
Wednesday. a box, holding six per-
sons, will be sold for the seven days for
Sl4. Owing to the G.. A. r. sham battle
and arrangements made in connection
with it, these tickets do not include Sat
urday.
MORE RACE ENTRIES.
The complete list of entries in the
guaranteed stake races for purses of 81
500 are as follows:
TUESDAY, SEPT. Is.
Three-mlnute Race-John c. Madden,
Bethlehem, Pa, g. g. class Leader.
II. q. Vaughn. Minneapolis, b. G. Senator.
W. II. Crawford, Lexington, KY, b. N.
Valkyr.
j. d. Shockency, Louisville, Ky. b. NJ Ro-
salind Wilkes daughter of Harry Wilkes.
Sir. E. McHenry, Freeport, Ill, g. h. Nor
man Medium.
Midvale Stock Farm, st. Paul, b. M Gin
ezra.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16.
Midvale stock farm, St Paul, b h, Pennant
w. II. Mccarthy, Lexington, Ky, b IN, AS
trail.
w. H. Crawford, Hartford, Conn.,, b g, Prob
lem.
Price Smith. Minneapolis, g. Gen. Han
cock.
A L. Leffingwell Columbus, Wis, b m,
Flossie G.
E. c. Long, ST. Paul, Lowland Girl
W. II. Armstrong, Chicago, b m, Loretta F.
THURSDAY, SEPT. II.
2:3O race
Midvale stock farm, Ginevra.
"; II. McCarty, Lexington, KY. b m, Daisy
Wilkes.
w H. Crawford, Hartford, Conn, b m,
Valkyr.
Price Smith, Minneapolis, g, Bob NJ.
Z. j. Berry, Chicago, ch g, Charley Boy.
j. b. Shockency, Louisville, KY, Rosalind
Wilkes
Z. c. Long, st. Paul, b g, Chanter.
W. Fl. Armstrong, Chicago, g, Billy Freer
ID. W. Caldwell, ir.. e. Glass Leader